RNA G-quadruplexes are globally unfolded in eukaryotic cells and depleted in bacteria

Science

Volumn 353, Issue 6306, 2016, Pages

  Guo, Junjie U ^a   Bartel, David P ^a,b  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE QUADRUPLEX; RNA; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; DIMETHYL SULFATE; SULFATE; TRANSCRIPTOME;

BACTERIUM; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; DISEASE INCIDENCE; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; PROTEIN; RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; EUKARYOTIC CELL; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE SILENCING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; RNA FOLDING; RNA SEQUENCE; YEAST CELL; CHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; HEK293 CELL LINE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

BACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; G-QUADRUPLEXES; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; RNA; RNA FOLDING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SULFURIC ACID ESTERS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84989267452     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf5371     Document Type: Article

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